The “Babylonian Exile” is one of the most famous exiles in history. The Jewish people of
Babylon were exiled to the Kingdom of Judah due to their religion. Just like what happened to two of the main character’s of Barbara Kingsolver’s novel. In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The
Poisonwood Bible, the Price family is among the main characters. The family is made up of
Nathan Price, the Reverend who led his family on a mission trip. That is all he seemed to care about, seeing how he never had a spark of interest for his wife and his daughters. Until Leah came along. He mostly saw her as a little lamb, a follower. As the novel progresses, she becomes a rebel towards her father and deliberately disobeys his orders, being the ¨man of the house.¨ In …show more content…
Not only did Leah get exiled but Adah did also just because she was the disabled twin to Leah Price. She did end up learning at the end that she did not need her father or her sisters. She ended up leaving the Congo and going back to Georgia with her mother,
Orleanna Price, and going to college to get a degree in medicine (page 527 of The Equatorial in
The Poisonwood Bible).
Exile means many things.According to Oxford Dictionary
(https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/exile). It either means “The state of being barred
Knotts 2 from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons” or “A person who lives away from their native country, either from choice or compulsion”. Usually someone or some group is exiled because of what they did or what they believe in, whether it is a religion or it is a decision someone is making. For instance, in today’s world, the year of 2017, Donald Trump,
United States’s president, is building the wall separating the US and Mexico. He is also banishing the Syrian refugees due to him being afraid of them being part of ISIS and destroying the United States. Also according to Oxford Dictionary
(https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/alienation), alineation means “The state
Babylon were exiled to the Kingdom of Judah due to their religion. Just like what happened to two of the main character’s of Barbara Kingsolver’s novel. In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, The
Poisonwood Bible, the Price family is among the main characters. The family is made up of
Nathan Price, the Reverend who led his family on a mission trip. That is all he seemed to care about, seeing how he never had a spark of interest for his wife and his daughters. Until Leah came along. He mostly saw her as a little lamb, a follower. As the novel progresses, she becomes a rebel towards her father and deliberately disobeys his orders, being the ¨man of the house.¨ In …show more content…
Not only did Leah get exiled but Adah did also just because she was the disabled twin to Leah Price. She did end up learning at the end that she did not need her father or her sisters. She ended up leaving the Congo and going back to Georgia with her mother,
Orleanna Price, and going to college to get a degree in medicine (page 527 of The Equatorial in
The Poisonwood Bible).
Exile means many things.According to Oxford Dictionary
(https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/exile). It either means “The state of being barred
Knotts 2 from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons” or “A person who lives away from their native country, either from choice or compulsion”. Usually someone or some group is exiled because of what they did or what they believe in, whether it is a religion or it is a decision someone is making. For instance, in today’s world, the year of 2017, Donald Trump,
United States’s president, is building the wall separating the US and Mexico. He is also banishing the Syrian refugees due to him being afraid of them being part of ISIS and destroying the United States. Also according to Oxford Dictionary
(https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/alienation), alineation means “The state